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THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1892. i tra. deep tr. t h ti fi ne -ir1-'-" Of M hVmJLu 4 and aff friends' and he of-cou portu prove, was, ' I ..' it lo.f y Now severed love witi ton was American fornia. Lt in her six natural1' pr" x. V 4 Up i T" bo th ot at. "I--..., ninj witt rael T jeei nit it.:, 1 re: Ti m , his the thr ha A lor THE ROANOKE NEWS. THURSDAY APRIL 21, 1892 BIBLE STATISTICS. NOTES AND QUERIES. The following Bible htatistics are accu tately copied from a slip of printed paper that is pasted on the fly leaf of a copy of Haydock'sBible(Dublinl813),inKing8 Inn Library, Dublin. More than once have statistics of the following character found their way into print, to tho delight of both old and young. The statement is merely taken from an English Bible, as given by the indefatigable Dr. Home in his mtroduc tion to the study of the Scriptures, and is said to have occupied more than three years of the compiler's life: Old New Testament. Testament. Total. Books., 39 27 66 Chapters, 929 2G0 1,189 Verses. 23.214 7.959 31,173 Words, 593,493 181,253 773,747 Letters2,728,100 838,380 3,560,480 Apochrypha. Books, 14; chapters, 183; verses, 6,031; words 125,185; letters 1,063,876. The Bible. The middle book is 51 i cah. The middle (and smallest) chupter is Psalm cxvii. The middle verse is Psalm czviii. 8. Tne middle line is 2 Chronicles iv. 16; the largest book is that of the Psalms; the largest chapter is Psalm cxix. The word Jehovah (or Tord) occurs 6,855 times. The word "and" occurs 46,227 times. The number of authors of the Bible is 50. The Old Testament. The middle took of the Old Testament is Proverbs. The middle chapter is Job xxix. The middle verse is 2 Chronicles xx., between verses 17 and 18. The shortest hook Obadiah. The shortest verse is 1 Chron icles l. 25. I he word "and occurs 35,543 times. Ezra vii. 21 contains all the letters of our alphabet. The word "Selah" occurs 73 times, and only iu the . boetical books. 2 Kini:B ix. and Isaiah xxxvii. are alike. This fact is an inter sal mark of the truth of these Scriptures, being tianscripts from public records by two different write!?, who were not con temporaries. The same may be said of .the following two coincidences: The book of Esther does not contain the v? ords God or Lord. The last two verses of 2 Chronicles and the opening verses, of the book of Ezra are alike. Ezja ii. and Nehemiah vii. are alike. There are nearly 30 books mentioned, Jjut not found in the Bible, consisting of ' civil records and other ancient writings now nearly all lost. They never formed part of the Holy Scriptures. About 26 of these are alluded to in the Old Testa ment. The New Testament. The middle book is 2 Thessalonians. The middle chapter is between Romans xii. and xiv, The middle verse is Acts xvii. 17. The smallest book is 2 John. The smallest verse is xi. 35. The word "and" occurs 10,Ua4 times, lbe name Jesus occurs nearly 700 times in the Gospels and in the Epistles less than 70 times, The name Christ alone occurs about 60 times in the Gospels and Acts, and about 240 times in the Epistles and Revelation, The term1 Jesus Christ occurs 5 times in the Gospels. Y. The Bible was not until modern 7 times divided into chapters and verses. ; The division of chapters has been attri luted to Lanfranc, Archbishop of Can terbury, in the reign of William I., and by others to Archbishop Langton, of Canterbury, A. D. 1206; but the real author of this division was Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro, about thirty years later. The facility of reference thus afforded was further increased by the introduction of the present system of verses; this was . done for the New Testament, in 1544, by R. Stephens, a French printer, it is said, while on horseback; but long before this the Hebrew Bible had been divided into verses by a Jewish rabbi, Mordecai Nathan 2. The two principal English versions are those of "King James" (commonly called the Protestant version) and the Douay, or Roman Catholic. The former was translated from the Hebrew and GrW in reign of Jatccs I., A. D. 1609-1611 by 47 Episcopalian bishops and other clergy. The Douay version was translated from the Latin Vulgate, collated with the Hebrew and Greek, by 4 professors of theology in the English College it Douay, A. V. 1709 1 Tlio T.fltin Vlllo-rA !a (tin lain he J yJnslation of the Bible in common (or Vh vulgate) trim in Catholic Uhurcbes. lt was made A. D. 384, by St. Hierony H inns, a learned monk. It is highly e ma teemed by all, . . f I the Bible was the version of the Old Tea- tament called the Septuagint, into Greek, before Christ, by 70 learned interpreters, from which "ojr- it has derived its common title Septuagint meaning seventv. 5. The first English trunslation com plete of the Bible was by Wycliff in A. D. 1380. Attempts, with partial suc cess, had before been made by the Ven erable Bede, A. D. 785, who died as he fitlighed the last words 0f St. John's q King Alfred, Alfred, A. D. Qnfi nnntinnprl t Tt had in r,art been translated into Anglo-Saxon, even before Bede. In Fiench a version was made A. D. 1160, for the Waldenses, by their great leader, Peter Walden. In Spanish there was one made A. D. 1280, by order of Alphonso, King of Castile. In Ger many a version was made about A. D. 1640. Luther made a new translation into German of the New Testament about A. D. 1522, and of the Old Testa ment ten vears later. C. The hrst American edition was printed in Boston A. D. 1752. In the lime of Edward I., A. D. 1250, a copy of the Bible was valued at $164 of our currency! Now they issue at the rate of three Bibles and a half per minute, at a cost of oue cent per copy. Such is one class of the benefits arising from the in vention and the present advanced state of the art of printin-:. Truly it is, as has been styled, the lever of the world. STATE NEWS. Louisburg will have a military compa ny. There are thirty-two veterans in the Soldiers Home. Mormon missionaries are at work io Orange county. A big Democratic club has been organ ized at Asheville. 1,991 tons of guann have been received at Laurinburg this season. The frost last week did considerable damage throughout the State. Henderson shipped 59 loads of tobac co to manufacturers last week. Evangelist Fife will begin a series of meetings at New Bern on May 8. The bursted bank at Wilmington will in a short time pay a dividend of 15 per cent. Goldsboro has over 84,000 in its treas- ury after paying the current expenses of the year. It is said that Stokes county has been robbed of $20,000 by New York green- goods men. Republican leaders say the party will have a State ticket in the field before election day. John S. Leary, a prominent colored politician thinks it time for the negro vote to divide. The Grand Council Royal Arcanum will hold its third annual meeting at Sal isbury May 4. A handsome portrait of the late Gov ernor Fowle has been placed in the exec utive mansion. ml 1 ., 1 in. inree young negro children lett in a house alone in Bertie last week were burned to death. The Fourth Regiment is the largest in the Guard, having ten companies. The First is the next. It is said that the railroad from Rocky Mount to Sprioghope will soon be con- tinued to Raleigh. George B. Everett, at one time a well 1 -I- ,.. Known tins citizen oi m la state, un a in Nebraska last week. The whortleberry crop of Sampson county is said to have been entirely de stroyed by the frosts. The Rocky Mount Argonaut will issue an industrial edition of 10,000 copies about the middle of May. It is said that the recent frosts damaged truck around New Bern to the extent of a hundred thousand dollars. jonn j. vvnuneia, a nayne, has been elected Superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Orphanage at Goldsboro. Winston employs 4,000 hands in to bacco factories and last year sold 15,000,- 000 pound of manufactured tobacco. Mr. John E. Robinson, editor of the Goldsboro Argvt will deliver the memo rial address in that place on May 10. Two directors of the Norfolk, Wil mington and Charleston ' railroad have travelled over the. route and say the peo ple are favorable and the right of way is freely given to the road. They think the work of construction will soon begin. 4. The earliest translation known oi coi. ii. Jj. i oik at Atlanta last wees said the prospects of the Third party in this State are as good as could be de- sired The Rev. Dr. R. L. Abernethy, presi dent ot Rutherford college, is a candidate for State Superintendent of Public In struction. The bill making an appropriation for a public building at Durham has been reported favorably by the Congressional coainiittee. J. C. L. Ilarriss says the action of the Republican convention in the Eaves- Molt matter has caused the loss of the State to the party. The difficulties in the way of erecting a lighthouse on diamond cnoais, on Hatteras, are so great that the attempt has been abandoned. Congressman B. H. Bunn will deliver the address on memorial day at Raleigh, on May 10. His subject will be Briga dier General MacRae. A Bible Institute will be established at Charlotte under the management of the llev. George C. Necdhiim, on the plan of the one at Northfield, Mass, The Stato Medical Society will meet at Wiliuihgtou on May 17, and at the sumo time and place the Bunrds of Health and Medical Examiners will also be iu ses sion. balum chums to have the youngest arummer on the ro:in. He is 14 years oia. r lynioutn tins one only Id years old and he tr.ivels the State east of Ualeidi. Walter S. Little, one of the richest and most influential eiti.iin of Anson county, cmuimtteii suicide lat week The act was caused by the grip. He was forty-five years old It is reported that the Norfolk and Southern mad will run lo Plymouth and make all the transfers across the Sound there iustead of at Maekey's Ferry. They have trouble sometimes at the latter place. Governor Holt last week mailed pardon to J. J. Moore, a white man in jan in riu county lor committing an : -l li;.. assault with a deadly weapon, but he died before the pardon reached him. The pardon was issued because of his health. liile insurance companies in resisting payment of policies on the life of Simon Connolly, alleged to have been murdered last year by his nephew McDougald, are producing starring evidence to fasten the crime upon him. McDougald has been tried and acquitted. Miss Anna Perry, aged 28 years, last Thursday lost her footing and fell head foremost to the bottom of a deep well io Vance county. No one saw her end yet without assistance she managed to get out agiuo. The well was walled with rough rocks and by meiai of these she climbed to the top. The Republican convention of the 4th district elected John Nichols and E. A Johnston delegates to the National on vention, defeating J. C. L. Harris, edi tor of the Sigual, and J. H. Williamson editor of the Gazette, which c'aiins to be the organ of the negroes. Two years ago the license tax of 8500 on fertilizer companies was declared us constitutional by the Federal courts, and the Legislature levied a tax of twenty five cents a ton on them. The Patapsco Guano company now claims that this tax is also unconstitutional, that more money is raised in this way than is required for the analysis of fertilizers, and that much of it is used f"r other purposes. The case will be hea' cf hif re Judge Bond at Greensboro mi May 7. When Baly wu tick, w (are her Carter!. When the was a Child, the cried tor Castorla. Whn the became Miss, she clung to Cutoria. When she had Children, the gave them Castoria. For the first lime in the history of po litical national conventions ia the United States the Republican convention in Minneapolis will contain a full blooded Indian, who is to be a'delegate from Ok lahoma. He is a lineal descendant from tho old war chief, Tecumseh, who was defeated by William Henry Harrison. The change which the whirligig of tine has brought about is shown in the faot that the descendant is a strong Harrison man. Many rise in the morning with ahead ache' and no inclination for breakfast. This is due to torpidity of the liver and a deranged condition of the stomach. To restore healthy action to these organs, nothing is so efficacious-an occasional dose of Ayer's Pills. Sl IT T 1111 1.1 1 I GENERAL NEWS. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll weighs 231 pounds. General Wade Hampton will deliver the memorial day address at Savannah on April 26. Tt will cst the 830,000,000 to carry the United States mails during the year beginning July 1. The New York Assembly has passed the bill giving women the right to vote in all State elections. Aa old lady died in Virginia the other day at the age of 106 yeara, leaving be hind her 2,000 descendants. Baron Fava has received orders to re turn to his post at Washington as repre sentative of Italy to (his country. The floods io Mississippi last week de stroyed fifty lives and rendered 3,000 families homeless. The watirs were higher than in 1874. Mr. Powderly, the head oftho Knights of Labor, liavin been iiientinne't for the Presidency, says he wants that nonsense stopped. He will vote with the Third party. The differences between tho United States aud Italy have been settled, this government paying an indemnity of 82.'),0(M) to the families of the men lynched as New Orleans. It is proposed to have a grand naval review at Hampton Rj.uUuud Now York next April, all uations are to be invited to Mjtid their fleets. It will be the largest assemblage of vessels since the Spanish Anuada. The Ohio House of Representatives broke up in a low oue night last week because some of the members wanted to attend n prize fight. They forced an ad journment and two tf them came near getting into a fisticuff. There are but six survivors left of the men who for three years suffered the tortures of cold aud starvation in the ex pedition to Lady Franklin Bay. The best known of them all is Gen. A. W. Greeley, now chief signal officer The McEncry and Foster Democratic factions in Louisiana have not healed their differences and it now looks as if there would be two tickets in the field until election day. The Republicans hope lo carry the State on account of Dem ocratic divisions. Last week the first number of a news paper in the Arabic language was issued in New York. It is the first of the kiud in this country or Europe and it will have a constituency of about 7,000 in the city. It is called the Kuwka Amer ica. The Reform Republicans have held a convention an perfected an organization in South Carolina. They have elected delegates to the Minneapolis convention. They will have nothing to do with the others whom they charge with working only for the offices. The regulars will hold a convention also. Twenly-six mortgages have been found in the possession of Senator Stewart, of Nevada, only one of which is made pay able in "lawful money," the rest specify ing "gold coin." This is the practice of oue of the chief free coinage preachers, and he is probably a perfect type of the rest. They are eager enough to force a depreciated silver dollar upon others, but as for themselves they will take gold every lime. RINGWOOD. Frost and ice for the past three morn-' ings caused vegetation to crisp and fruit trees to look tick, and no doubt much of it blasted. Very little commercial fertilizer has been hauled yet, and with a considerable lessening of area to be put in cotton vill cause a small crop this year. More corn is planted than in anv vear since the war, and it is a good sign of plenty ot bread and meat. Wheat, clover, oats and all the grasses iook well, i he noest 1 have seen are on the Medoc and Rock Hill farms. On those farms are some dozen young colts of finest strains and they and their dami are in fine plight. Bishop Lyman preached a forcible and interesting sermon at bis appointment here from the text "Take heed when je think ye stand lest ye fall." Mr. George Harrison, of your town, was in our place a week or so ago. Mr. C. A. Williams has been on a visit to Wilson this week to see Mr. W. P, Simpson, who is quite sick. His many friends here wish him a speedy recovery. Old man William Crawley, as good a soldier as followed the stars and bars and who heard the roar of battle from Bull Run to Appomattox, is quite feeble at his nome near nnnkleyville. Mr. Ed Wills, who h..s b-en , f hi for a long time is able to be up again, and many of his friends were pleased to see mm in town the past week. G. E. M ENFIELD. Dr. John A. Collins, of this place, who received the endorsement of the Third party in this county for the Stato Senate says ho will decline the honor, as he is and has always been a straight Democrat. The grave of Governor John Branch in the suburbs of this town, is in a very neglected condition. I think the ladies of the town ought to see to it that it be kept properly. He was governor of this State before the war and also provisional governor of Florida. I was reading the other day that the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America ought not to pass without a general celebration on ilie fart of tho American people, so a great movement has been started to make October 12 next a great national holiday to bo np propriatcly celebrated by all schools and scholars of the counlr). I hope all th scholars in this county will take hold o: the movement, talk about it and gc interested. The public school is the one characteristic institution which links all neighborhoods together and thus f'urnUli a common bond for a naiion le'l'ln'ii'' , The pupils of Mi C'licrrnn'li.M.i h a picnic on Fishing Creek Easier Mund ,y. aud all had a nice time. It is not generally known that this town can boast of the finest bicyclist in the State. Why Benjamin enn iide the cycle and measure the depth of a ditch ii ue..rly about the same time. lie use; lots, of liniment and painkiller. May be that is the secret of his success Benja min, give us another free performance. Mr. Walter Pittman, grandson of Governor John Branch, died at his home at 8 o'elock Sunday night of conuinr tion. He was buried at the new cemeteiv at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. He was thirty six years old, and leaves a wife and a itttle girl. The Moccasin club wish to extend their many thanks to Mrs Dennis for the nice fresh basket of flowers. They were to be used in decorating, their little boat "Missie." Unforeseen events debarred them from the anticipated pleasure. The club has another boat, "Tho Moc casin," to be launched. M. LITTLETON ITEMS, On Wedoesday of last week Bishop L-yman preached in the episcopal church. 1 here were seven can didates confirmed The Episcopalians h ere two or three years ago would not have numbered half a dozen, now they have quite a good lit tie flock. They deserve success io build- iu up their church. They owo very much to the indefatigable energy of their present rector in the erection and (very nearly) completion ot tho edifice. Mr. &ly Perkinson lost his little child Tuesday Its (rouble was croup, though Us pareuts supposed it had swallowed a g ain of corn, as they got several out of its mouth, lt died while beinz examined by a physician. Little Willis Perkins, Mr. S. John ston's graodsoo, who has for several weeks been very low with pneumonia is now rapidly improving. 1 he meeting at the Methodist church which was protracted from Sunday week and conducted by the Rev. Messrs. Trov noiden, Mcmullen and Draper, is still in progress. Ihere have been several con versions. Mr. Jim Bobbitt, of Macon, has moved to Littleton, and will soon open a stock of goods in bis new store. Mrs. Robert Morris, who has been al most an invalid for several years, went to the Woman s hospital, N. Y., about two weeks ago, accompanied by her physi cian, Dr. Picot. We hope she will ro turn entirely cured. Col. G. o Bellisis very sick from the eneets ot the grip. Mr. J. A. Ilarrell, of your town was here one day last week trying to organize a farmers protective association again huntsmen. 1 do not know whether it will J rjve a good thing for by its stipulations moneyed men would have the advantage. 1 believe a few here approve it. Mr. Ivey Allen (one of the Knights of town) has taken a little iun up the road 'to spend Easter. He goes that way occasionally purporting business, but think he is trying to kill more than one bird. We had quite a magnetic storm Thurs. day night. The Rev. Mr. Bumpass, of Oxford, is in town. Castor. PANACEA SPRIMGS. Yesterday everybody took holiday Some hundred or more young people met at tho bpnngs and had a pleasant picuic the brst ot the season. There was also quite a gathering at Rich Neck Mills, where older people enjoyed a nsb fry. It is needless for me to say anything abrutthe wtather we are having, a Tanety ot old tashion spring weather. Most all the fruit is killed that had bloomed out previous to the last cold snap, and garden truck has suffered considerably. Mr. Colin Hawkins is expected to bo at tho springs to-day with some thirty or I"rty laborers to clean up, grade and beau tify the grounds, also to put a rock dam in place of the present one of earth, and have a survey made for the railroad to Littleton. We are still alive and mov UK- There is still some talk of a big hotel at Littleton or at the Springs. Many people who pride themselves on the blue blood would be far happier with pu-e blood; but, while we rannot choose Our ancestors, fortunuiely, by the use oi Ayer's Sarsaparilla, we can transmit pure blood to our posterity. ADVERTISEMENTS. VHY DO YGU COM?: mum jroa Katw that little ?". " er. on the 1unir and it" too often run! Into a ; onMimpilo:, a,l rude In Pcntltl 1 toplomif. ; ! rorla from A.I l.mu. Hroii..hltl, I'neu moaiu, J aaa. vuBaHUtftlou will a IT : STARTED: VITH : A I COLD." 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